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title: "named.conf:XX: unexpected end of input error"
slug: "aa-00298"
description: "This means there are unbalanced quotes in the named.conf file."
updated: 2018-10-26T16:55:23Z
published: 2018-10-26T16:55:23Z
canonical: "kb.isc.org/aa-00298"
stale: true
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# I get error messages like "named.conf:99: unexpected end of input" where 99 is the last line of named.conf.

There are unbalanced quotes in `named.conf`.